I just heard his announcement on FAN590. Chuck Swirsky will resign from Toronto Raptors play-by-play announcer to go back to Chicago to be Chicago Bulls radio play-by-play announcer. He said it's a private reason, probably about his family.

Shocking news, since I start watching the Raps during the Swirsk era. He will be very missed.

Wow gonna be weird not having Chuck anymore. Gonna wait before this is official but shocking nonetheless. Not a great announcer but he was synonomous with the Raptor's, you expected his voice every game. Hopefully he takes Leo with him too.

I'm a huge Chuck fan, and this comes as a shock to me. I agree with bballnoob in that everytime you tune into a game it's just natural to hear his voice. He won't be missed by all, but he'll be missed by me.

I just heard his announcement on FAN590. Chuck Swirsky will resign from Toronto Raptors play-by-play announcer to go back to Chicago to be Chicago Bulls radio play-by-play announcer. He said it's a private reason, probably about his family.

Shocking news, since I start watching the Raps during the Swirsk era. He will be very missed.

Ill miss him there is nothing like a good game when he is calling it...

I can't say that I am going to miss him. He definitely got very annoying at times and some of his catch phrases just bugged the **** out of me. It will be strange not hearing him call the games though, that is for sure. I admit that he was probably one of the better play by play men in the buisness though and I doubt the replacement will be any better.

Paul Jones or somebody like him will most likely be the replacement.

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Well it just means more for my boy Jack Armstrong HELLO!!!

This doesn't mean more of Jack Armstrong unfortunately as he is a colour commentator and not a play by play man. He only does games when they are on Sportsnet and Raptors TV (?). We are going to be seeing very little of him next season though as Sportsnet isn't covering too many games, if any. I think I read that somewhere.

Best news I've heard all day. Other than having a good TV/Radio voice, Chuck Swirsky proved time and again that he didn't know what the hell he was talking about during broadcasts. Sometimes the things he said left me crouched down in the shower, letting cold water cover up my tears.

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This doesn't mean more of Jack Armstrong unfortunately as he is a colour commentator and not a play by play man. He only does games when they are on Sportsnet and Raptors TV (?). We are going to be seeing very little of him next season though as Sportsnet isn't covering too many games, if any. I think I read that somewhere.

Sportsnet won't be doing any games as far as I know, but it's been stated that Jack Armstrong will be involved in Raptor broadcasts next season. Certainly he'll be on the RaptorsTV panel, but also on the national broadcasts in some way.

Man, I was following along with Chuck back in the day when they only broadcast 50% or less of Raptors games in Canada and I listened to him on the radio... This is sad news, it's not gonna be the same without him. He was very passionate about Raptors ball and I think that was unmatched.